PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION COUNCIL

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Council Officers:

2016-2017 Season ChairBarbara Cain

Vice Chair, ProgramsMarcy Gregory

Vice Chair, MembershipGary Kerr

Vice Chair, SponsorshipLinda Blank

TreasurerJohn Mullen

SecretaryEllen Donaldson

The Photography Collection Council (PCC) has become a vital part of the museum’s support for photographic arts. Since 2008 the PCC has supported major photography exhibitions and significant programs that include world-renowned photographers such as Julius Shulman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Linda Connor, Richard Avedon, David Hockney, Garry Winogrand, Herb Ritts, Cindy Sherman, John Baldessari, Barbara Krueger, Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Roger Ballen.

Thanks to the generosity of supportive donors and PCC council members, the museum’s permanent collection (which was based in photographic archives of Stephen H. Willard and Bill Anderson) has been growing rapidly with prints by significant modern and contemporary photographers such as Alfred Steiglitz, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Ansel Adams, George Platt Lyns, Julius Shulman, Harry Callahan, Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, Duane Michels, Michael Childers, Marina Abromovic,Robert Mapplethorpe and Sally Mann, as well as important Soviet Era and European photographers.

Palm Springs Art Museum is the largest cultural institution in the Coachella Valley and includes three locations in Palm Springs and Palm Desert. The flagship building is located in downtown Palm Springs and features compelling art exhibitions, a vast permanent collection, and the 433-seat Annenberg Theater, all in a 150,000 square foot, architecturally-significant building. Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion features exhibitions and programming that explore the rich topics of architecture and design.Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is an 8,400 square foot, Silver LEED-certified building named The Galen that presents rotating exhibitions and special collections. It is surrounded by the four-acre Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden featuring important sculpture works. Admission to the Palm Desert location is free to the public, generously underwritten by Helene V. Galen. Palm Springs Art Museum has free admission the second Sunday of each month, it is also has free admission every Thursday evening from 4-8 p.m., thanks to the City of Palm Springs. The A+D Center has extended hours every Thursday evening until 8 p.m., also thanks to the City of Palm Springs.